COURTHOUSE NOTES
By ohtadmin | on July 02, 2024
Deed Transfers Charles O. Dull to Charles O. Dull in Herrick Township for $1 on June 21. Vicky L. Judson, nbm Vicky L. Sickler, and Timothy Sickler to Vicky L. and Timothy Sickler with one parcel in LeRaysville Borough and one parcel in Pike Township for $1 on June 21. Timothy and Vicky L. Sickler to Timothy and Vicky L. […]
Devine Sentenced to State Prison for Towanda Arson
By ohtadmin | on July 02, 2024
—BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN—
Robert Devine of Towanda has been sentenced to 21 to 60 months in a state prison for starting a fire outdoors, which heated up the siding on the home in which he lives to the point where it was “steaming.” On May 7, a jury in Bradford County Court had convicted the 61-year-old Devine of the second-degree felony of arson—endangering […]
Monroeton Man Charged with Strangulation
By ohtadmin | on July 02, 2024
—BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN—
A Monroeton man is accused of punching a woman several times in the head and strangling her until she blacked out, police said. Derek R.B. Hunsinger, 33, was charged with strangulation and simple assault. At 4:30 a.m. on June 22, a Towanda police officer was dispatched to an apartment on Second Street in Towanda because of a domestic violence incident. […]
DISTRICT JUDGES
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
(Note: In DUI prosecutions in Pennsylvania, the intoxication rate for non-commercial drivers is a blood-alcohol content (BAC) of .08. For a commercial driver (truck, bus, etc.) the legal rate is .04. There is “zero tolerance” (any measurable alcohol reading of .02 or more) in effect to establish underage drinking/driving when the driver is under the age of 21). Larry Hurley, […]
COURTHOUSE NOTES
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
Deed Transfers Rachel Anne Hart to Sierra Smith in Sayre Borough Fourth Ward for $192,780 on June 11. James H. and Deborah Philippi to Elenore L. and Ricky Miller, Co-Trustees of the Miller Trust, in Rome Township for $178,500 on June 11. David M. and Amy L. Decristo to David M. and Amy L. Decristo, two parcels in Warren Township […]
Windham Man to Spend 5 to 10 Years in Prison
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
—BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN—
A 44-year-old Windham man has been sentenced to five to 10 years in a state prison for choking his wife into unconsciousness on Nov. 5, 2022. Besides strangling his wife, Michael A. Lawrence had also allegedly temporarily imprisoned her and their two children in their home during the same incident. Bradford County Court Judge Maureen Beirne sentenced Lawrence on May […]
—BRADFORD COUNTY SENTENCINGS—
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
Bradford County District Attorney Richard A. Wilson reported the following resolutions of criminal cases in the Bradford County Court of Common Pleas, Towanda: David J. Valenzuela, 48, Athens, was sentenced to two months to 139 days in the Bradford County Correctional Facility (BCCF) in connection with two cases of Indirect Criminal Contempt of a Protection From Abuse Order of Court. […]
—SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY SENTENCINGS—
By ohtadmin | on June 26, 2024
The following sentences were handed down in Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas during the month of May: Dustin Cook, 36, Hallstead, was sentenced to 18 to 60 months in a PA State Correctional Facility (PASCF), to run concurrent with any sentence being served from Wyoming and Susquehanna Counties, pay a $250 fine, pay cost of prosecution, and pay $50 […]
Bradford County Sheriff Warns of Latest Scam
By ohtadmin | on June 19, 2024
Bradford County residents have been receiving an increasing number of scam telephone calls from persons impersonating Bradford County Sheriff’s Office Deputies. “Sometimes the scammer uses the name of an actual deputy,” said deputies. “They have also demonstrated the ability to clone the sheriff’s office telephone number. Deputies noted that the Bradford County Sheriff’s Office will never call an individual and […]
Donnora Waives Hearing to Plead Not Guilty on Drug Charges
By ohtadmin | on June 19, 2024
—BY WARREN HOWELER—
The case against alleged drug dealer Anthony C. Donnora is moving on to the county court system. Attorneys for the 79-year-old Forkston Township man agreed on Thursday, June 13 to waive his preliminary hearing in district court. Donnora’s attorneys— Joseph F., Sr. and Michael Sklarosky of Scranton— also plan to waive their client’s formal arraignment in Wyoming County Court of […]
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